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Depth 6 7/8 to 7 1/2; head 3 3/4 to 4 3/5, width 2 1/5 
to 2 1/3. Snout 2 7/8 to 3 1/8 in head from snout tip; eye 
10 1/2 to 13, 3 1/5 to 4 1/4 in snout, 4 to 6 1/4 in inter- 
orbital; maxillary extends 2 2/3 to 3 1/2 eye diameters be¬ 
hind eye, expansion equals 1 1/4 to 2 eye diameters, length 
1 1/2 to 1 3/5 in head from snout tip; interorbital 2 1/2 to 
2 7/8, low, broadly convex. Gill rakers 14 f 33 to 34, lanceol¬ 
ate, slender, slightly exceed gill filaments or equal 2 2/3 
eye diameters. 
Scales 47 to 52 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 or 
4 more on latter; 5 or 6 above, 8 below, 26 to 30 predorsal 
forward opposite front of eyes. Scales very caducous, most 
all fallen. Scales with 28 to 30 circuit basally, more or 
less complete though fewer apically. 
D. II, 10, I to II, 13, I, first branched ray 1 1/5 to 
1 l/3 in total head length; adipose fin 3 7/8 to 4 1/8; A. 
II, 8, I, first branched ray 1 2/5 to 1 1/2; least depth of 
caudal peduncle 2 4/5 to 3; caudal 3 to 4 in rest of body, 
deeply lunate, pectoral with upper ray extending at least far 
as end of caudal?, with long aftershaft given off little 
before middle, rest of rays 10 or 11, longest reaching anal fin; 
ventral 2 1/5 to 3 3/5 in body without caudal, rays 9, exteend 
beyond anal fin in young. 
